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- A 78-year-old Indian woman in New York is the world's most passionate theatergoer. Nicki Cochrane has been going to at least one play every day for more than 25 years, acquiring free tickets using a variety of ingenious means.
- In Croatia in 2005, a machine tools factory was occupied by its workers. Since then, they have operated collectively, becoming the only successful example of a worker occupation in post-socialist Europe. Today, as they seek a new model of collective ownership, the microcosmic world of the factory clashes with the forces of the globalized market economy, having an increasingly brutal impact on wages and the organization of the factory, causing rising disaffection among the workers.
- For many centuries, in a small town on the southern border of Europe, people have been worshipping a statue of a black Jesus. 19-year old Edward from Ghana, guest of the refugee center which is the subject of great debate in the village, asks to carry the statue in the annual procession and to stand next to the white locals that bear its cart. The community is divided. On a journey exploring the source of fear and prejudice against "the others", the inhabitants of this small European village are called upon to question their own identity, starting with the very icon of their own belief: a black Jesus.
- The United States: one nation - divided. Filmmaker Susanne Brandstaetter explores polarization in the U.S., which shows striking parallels to Europe. An American from L.A. who's been living all her adult life in Europe, she decides to get close to some non-typical Trump voters in the swing state Ohio. What determines people's choices? Why do people form opinions and then stick to their political positions - no matter what? The filmmaker decides the only chance to understand why the divide is growing is to follow one rule: don't argue, listen - But as the film progresses, we all are put to the test.
- Against the backdrop of Cold War, Glory to the Queen reveals stories of four legendary female chess players from Georgia who revolutionized women's chess across the globe and became Soviet icons of female emancipation.
- János Orsós is of Romani descent, a teacher, and a Buddhist. Inspired by the history of the Dalits or "untouchables" in India, birthplace of both Romani culture and Buddhism, he founded a school in a small Hungarian village with the goal of enabling teenagers from the poorest Romani ghettos to attend universities. The Angry Buddha documents János' resolute battle against the difficulties he faces over three years, while simultaneously painting affectionate yet honest portraits of the Romani youth who use humour and their own vitality to survive in a world of poverty and prejudice.
- Documents the daily routine in the only women prison in Austria.
- In 2014, the photojournalist Pierre Crom traveled to Ukraine to document the imminent conflict on the eastern border. "There is nothing that can protect you from what you see," he says, capturing his first war. Juri Rechinsky shows Crom in an extensive interview, which together with his haunting photos and an unnerving score quickly develops an extremely grim pull.
- A testimony to Johanna Dohnal, a significant woman in Austrian politics and a role model for today's and coming generations.
- Brunaupark, Zurich: 5 residential complexes, 405 flats. A bank is planning new buildings and has cancelled half of the flats. While many leave, some hold out. The film observes their uncertainty and the transformation of this living space.
- When looking for alternative energy sources, the Japanese scientist Sekai tragically dies. Twenty years later the Brazilian mathematician Euclides continues his research. The lack of an essential component won't allow a breakthrough. Only AUN, Sekai's son, seems to hold the key to protect mankind from self-destruction. In the aftermath of the nuclear tragedy in Fukushima the film appears like a prophecy. AUN's dream-like images, complemented by music from Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto, lead into a fantastic and exciting world, full of brightness and darkness of life.
- 'The Fever' portrays the fight against malaria as a case study-in greed and courage.
- It's summer holidays, and the planned Italian holiday with Jasmin's foster family is just around the corner. Everyone is looking forward to the trip - except Jasmin. She wants to be with Eva, her biological mother, who is back after serving a long prison term. After a fight with her foster family, Jasmin runs away and persuades Eva to spend a short holiday in the countryside with her.
- Two Romany teenagers fall in love after being sent away from their poor village in Eastern Slovakia to beg on the streets of wealthy Vienna. For the first time they get a glimpse of happiness, but it doesn't last long.
- This film takes us behind the scenes of the magical events of the world famous Vienna State Opera. These one-of-a-kind scenes and fast-paced, brilliant moments are intense, vivid, full of passion and captivating music.
- Meagre wages, manipulation and a room without windows. Lebanon's countless maids fight back against the mechanisms of modern slavery.
- She is the youngest and the first female mayor of Cizre. A town located in the southeast of Turkey, where Kurds form the significant part of the inhabitants.
- Stored in biobanks, frozen and bodiless, genes and the information they contain are turning into time travellers - be it a sheaf of barley, the stem cells of a polar bear or drops of human blood. Within this time capsule we also place old dreams: the re-creation of extinct animal species, putting an end to world hunger, human life without illness or disease. We embark on an expedition that will assemble some of the greatest and oldest archives of life and the most modern biobanks. We meet people who are reconstructing the order of nature. And we experience a struggle over life itself that not only affects scientists, but all of us.
- The film is the personal story of three generations: the (late) grandmother, the father and the daughter, who is directing the film. It focuses on the trans-generational transfer of traumatic experiences. It's a spiritual road movie through deep and diffuse layers of feelings resulting from historical transformations in north-eastern Europe.
- While managers of Swiss banks in the USA ruefully apologize for their tax evasions practices and customer data is disclosed to the American authorities, Rudolf Elmer, former auditor at bank Julius Bär, is indicted for violating the Swiss banking secrecy law on the Cayman Islands. Rudolf Elmer: from insider to critic.
- Roughly ninety percent of the inhabitants in southern Carinthia spoke Slovenian prior to 1910. The average percentage today is in the single digits. In her essayistic documentary, Andrina Mracnikar gives a personal shape to a highly political urgency. What happens when a first language is taken from daily life? What must politics do to counter the disappearance of a language whose protection is established in the constitution?
- Four young Egyptian women with different social background smartly fight for their ideals and rights. For almost two years we follow their everyday lives and their struggle in post-revolutionary Egypt.